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30 Jun 07
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To say it is "cowardly" to consider assassination is just plain silly, just as it was absurd to call the 9/11 hijackers cowards. A coward is someone who: lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; is a timid or easily intimidated person; is very fearful or timid; or who acts from fear or timidity. If you think that carrying out an assassination or a suicidal plane crash for a heartfelt cause is an act rooted in fear or timidity, all I can say is you've got a different dictionary than I do. I get scared shitless when a plane hits turbulence, and extremely uncomfortable if I even have to tell someone something they may not want to hear. An assassination? I'd crap my pants and possibly have a heart attack before I got out the door! Do you think that Claus von Stauffenberg or others who tried to assassinate Hitler were cowards? Please.
Not to assassinate a criminal who may well kill your relatives (think nuclear holocaust, global warming, provoking terrorists), because it might be considered "criminal" BY the "criminal" or his criminal buddies, is nothing less than insanity. We need better reasons than labels of "cowardly" or "criminal" to stave off an assassination.
And let me be honest on this: As much as I appreciate articles on impeachment, especially fine ones like Linda's, I do believe that if I have to read another, I'm going to have a powerful urge to assassinate myself! Talk, talk, talk; talk, talk, talk, but nothing seems to be changing. Some of us are doers and we get a little weary of all the talking, important though it may be. -
Faithful readers of this site should already recognize me as a reasonably peaceful warrior. As I've told many people over the years, "If you don't believe in peace, I'm going to have to kill you!" I more than once have chastised the military for being willing to kill other human beings, before they get to know them. I have pointed on several occasions to one of my favorite articles God Angrily Clarifies Don't Kill Rule (recommended reading if you haven't read it already).
So spank me all you want, but I confess that this has only made me made think harder about my own question. Which of course has led to some answers of my own, that are a bit more refined than whatever I was thinking before. And I feel it's safe to say that at least a few of my higher level neurons are actually firing at the moment. So I herewith present five reasons why we should not assassinate, even if one is cursed with a burning itch to do so:
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